{"id":33863,"date":"2017-02-27T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T11:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=33863"},"modified":"2021-02-13T09:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T14:29:55","slug":"got-sick-tried-instacart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/got-sick-tried-instacart\/","title":{"rendered":"I Got Sick and Tried Instacart"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blogger in me from 5 years ago really wanted to title this post “are you down with the sickness” because using song lyrics as titles used to be my jam. But seriously, germs — they’re everywhere this year aren’t they? Is it like this every year? Maybe, but I feel like 99% of the people I know have battled more colds\/flus\/stomach bugs than normal. I thought we escaped it, as our trip to Disney<\/a> coincided with a massive germ outbreak in our community (hospitals in our area have actually restricted visitors due to a huge flu outbreak).<\/p>\n

With all that in mind, I consider myself pretty lucky that all I ended up with was what I will lovingly call “the crud.”<\/p>\n

I also feel fortunate that David had a light Friday, so the entire weekend wasn’t wasted, which meant by 3:30ish the whole fam was in the backyard soaking up the almost 80 degree weather.<\/p>\n

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Everyone and their mom was out enjoying the sunshine, which gave us a lot of boats and fishermen to watch for entertainment.<\/p>\n

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We listened to music, roasted marshmallows, let the girls wander into the lake a bit, and didn’t head inside until the evening forced us to.<\/p>\n

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Saturday morning David was up and out early, having to work the entire day. I woke up feeling a little tired and rundown. I figured it was just the full week weighing on me, so the girls and I eased into the morning with breakfast and laundry.<\/p>\n

However, they knew something was up when I suggested a morning movie.<\/p>\n

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About halfway through Atlantis, I admitted I felt rough. Since we had no food in the house and could not handle a trip to the grocery, I decided to try Instacart <\/a>for the first time (that link will get both you and me $10 towards Instacart, but listen to my full experience first).<\/p>\n

I chose my store (Whole Foods) and found shopping to be pretty easy. The ordering process was seamless and the time windows available for delivery were fast.<\/p>\n

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I found my personal shopper to be attentive to quality and I appreciated the text messages to alert me of unavailable products or swaps (for example, she said all the onions were huge, and asked if I still wanted 5 of them). So far so good.<\/p>\n

The order arrived during the promised time frame- as I ordered and cold items still cold.<\/p>\n

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That’s when things went a little sour for me. First (totally my fault!) I forgot to add the chicken and cheese to my list. I usually double check my list at checkout and was miffed I made this big mistake.<\/p>\n

Secondly, I felt a little duped that Instacart advertises your first delivery is FREE. Well, they did take off my delivery charge for it being my first experience with them (which might have been about $5?), but they still charged me the service fee of $13.50.<\/p>\n

Third, my shopper and delivery lady did a good job and since I couldn’t find a definite answer online to whether or not you are supposed to tip, I handed her $12 in cash after the delivery.<\/p>\n

Therefore I feel like I paid an extra $25 dollars and to me, it did not feel worth it. I probably should have called Jimmy Johns to bring us sandwiches for lunch and waited it out.<\/p>\n

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At least I avoided going out because by noon, I was headed in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n

I’m grateful the girls gave me 2 hours of quiet play while I crawled into bed.<\/p>\n

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Then I set them up on the couch with movies as my fever peaked at 104. Hailey (bless her sweet little heart) kept checking on me and filling up my water. I think the girls now want me to be sick all the time- getting to play nurse and<\/em> watch TV? I’m pretty sure it rivaled their trip to Disney World as the best moment of 2017.<\/p>\n

Luckily David was home in time to do dinner and bath while I continued to binge watch This Is Us (I get it now y’all, what a wonderful show!) and pop garlic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday I laid low and blew air kisses to David who didn’t let me lift a finger. I’m feeling better today and though I hated missing a weekend, I’m grateful to have had David around so I could completely R&R.<\/p>\n

I hope you had a more fulfilling weekend than I did!<\/p>\n

Have the germs invaded your house this winter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you tried Instacart? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Thoughts?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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